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  • March 14, 2023 • FIA, Press Releases

    FIA announces new board members for 2023

    Washington, DC— FIA today announced the election of its board of directors at its annual meeting.   Alicia Crighton of Goldman Sachs will continue as Board Chair for a two-year term.

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  • March 14, 2023 • FIA, News & Commentary, Press Releases

    'Never Daunted,' the Derivates Industry Continues to Persevere

    Opening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla., on 14 March 2023. As prepared for delivery.

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  • March 13, 2023 • FIA, Membership, Press Releases

    FIA establishes President's Award, honoring six derivatives industry leaders 

    This year, FIA has established its President's Award, an annual honor that recognizes outstanding individuals for their contributions to the global cleared derivatives industry over the past year.

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  • February 2, 2023 • FIA, ADVOCACY AND KEY WORK AREAS, Cross Border, Advocacy, Press Releases, Europe, Clearing

    FIA, ISDA, AIMA and EFAMA publish statement on the EC’s proposed amendments to EMIR

    The European Commission has proposed that firms subject to the EU clearing obligation should have an active account at an EU CCP, while giving the European Securities and Markets Authority the power to define the portion of certain euro- and Polish zloty-denominated contracts that should be cleared through those accounts via secondary regulation. Changes to capital rules would reinforce this, making it less commercially viable for EU market participants to clear through CCPs based outside the EU.

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  • February 2, 2023 • FIA, Press Releases

    FIA announces 2023 Hall of Fame honorees

    FIA has announced the induction of 12 new members to the FIA Hall of Fame. The new members will be honored at an awards ceremony during FIA’s annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla.

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  • February 1, 2023 • FIA, Industry Operations, Operational and Regulatory Guidance, Press Releases, Press Releases

    FIA comments on ION Group cyber incident

    FIA is aware of network issues caused by a cyber incident on certain ION Group systems which are impacting the trading and clearing of exchange traded derivatives by ION customers across global markets.

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  • January 11, 2023 • FIA, Compliance, Press Releases

    FIA publishes China netting and collateral legal opinions

    In December 2022, FIA published new industry standard netting and collateral legal opinions for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Recent positive developments in the PRC’s legislative framework for derivatives, specifically the adoption of the Futures and Derivatives Law in 2022, made it possible for FIA to commission these opinions for the benefit of global clearing firms that provide derivatives clearing services (cleared OTC and ETD) to PRC clients when they wish to access non-PRC CCPs under the English law governed FIA Terms of Business.

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  • December 6, 2022 • FIA, FIA Data, Press Releases

    FIA launches ETD Tracker

    New online tool displays data on the trading of exchange-traded derivatives

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  • November 15, 2022 • FIA, Press Releases

    BeZero Carbon wins FIA’s 2022 Innovator of the Year

    FIA announced today at Expo that BeZero Carbon has been named the FIA Innovator of the Year. In addition, Clouty was named the runner-up, and Kemet Trading won the People’s Choice Award. 

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  • November 14, 2022 • FIA, CCP Risk, Customer Protection \ Segregation, Industry Operations, Press Releases, Speeches and Testimony

    Expo 2022 - The role of innovation and intermediation

    Opening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the FIA Expo 2022 conference in Chicago. As prepared for delivery.

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